Matlab Graphics: Greek Symbols

Notes:
It is possible to have Greek letters displayed by text, xlabel, ylabel, and title.

Example Script:

% Script File: ShowGreek

% How to produce Greek letters.

close all
figure
axis off
hold on
fill([-1 12 12 -1 -1],[-1 -1 12 12 -1],’w’)
plot([-1 12 12 -1 -1],[-1 -1 12 12 -1],’k’,’Linewidth’,3)

text(3,10,’Greek Symbols’,’color’,’r’,’FontSize’,18)
x = 0; x1 = x+.7;
y = 4; y1 = y+.7;
z = 8; z1 = z+.7;

text(x,8,’\alpha :’); text(x1,8,’\\alpha’);

text(x,7,’\beta :’); text(x1,7,’\\beta’);
text(x,6,’\gamma :’); text(x1,6,’\\gamma’)
text(x,5,’\delta :’); text(x1,5,’\\delta’)
text(x,4,’\epsilon :’); text(x1,4,’\\epsilon’)
text(x,3,’\kappa :’); text(x1,3,’\\kappa’)
text(x,2,’\lambda :’); text(x1,2,’\\lambda’)
text(x,1,’\mu :’); text(x1,1,’\\mu’)
text(x,0,’\nu :’); text(x1,0,’\\nu’)

text(y,8,’\omega :’); text(y1,8,’\\omega’)

text(y,7,’\phi :’); text(y1,7,’\\phi’)
text(y,6,’\pi :’); text(y1,6,’\\pi’)
text(y,5,’\chi :’); text(y1,5,’\\chi’)
text(y,4,’\psi :’); text(y1,4,’\\psi’)
text(y,3,’\rho :’); text(y1,3,’\\rho’)
text(y,2,’\sigma :’); text(y1,2,’\\sigma’)
text(y,1,’\tau :’); text(y1,1,’\\tau’)
text(y,0,’\upsilon :’); text(y1,0,’\\upsilon’)

text(z,8,’\Sigma :’); text(z1,8,’\\Sigma’)

text(z,7,’\Pi :’); text(z1,7,’\\Pi’)
text(z,6,’\Lambda :’); text(z1,6,’\\Lambda’)
text(z,5,’\Omega :’); text(z1,5,’\\Omega’)
text(z,4,’\Gamma :’); text(z1,4,’\\Gamma’)

shg
Output:

Greek Symbols
α : \alpha ω : \omega Σ : \Sigma
β : \beta φ : \phi Π : \Pi
γ : \gamma π : \pi Λ : \Lambda
δ : \delta χ : \chi Ω : \Omega
ε : \epsilon ψ : \psi Γ : \Gamma
κ : \kappa ρ : \rho
λ : \lambda σ : \sigma
μ : \mu τ : \tau
ν : \nu υ : \upsilon